Flood Control Bill of 1946: Hearings Before the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, 79th Congress, 2d Session, on H. R. 6597, a Bill Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes; Apr. 8-19, and May 2, 3, and 14, 1946 |
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... increased values of property protected have paralleled rising prices of construction , thus compen- sating for higher costs and tending to maintain the favorable ratios of benefit to costs on which the projects were authorized . The ...
... increased values of property protected have paralleled rising prices of construction , thus compen- sating for higher costs and tending to maintain the favorable ratios of benefit to costs on which the projects were authorized . The ...
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... increased , but the benefits are likewise in- creasing . General WHEELER . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Go right ahead with your statement , General . General WHEELER . Another factor influencing costs is the advances in the science and ...
... increased , but the benefits are likewise in- creasing . General WHEELER . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Go right ahead with your statement , General . General WHEELER . Another factor influencing costs is the advances in the science and ...
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... increased authorizations for projects aggre- gating $ 2,500,000,000 which Congress has approved , and where Con- gress has ... increase the channel between Cairo and Baton Rouge ? General WHEELER . Yes , sir , it will provide a 12 - foot ...
... increased authorizations for projects aggre- gating $ 2,500,000,000 which Congress has approved , and where Con- gress has ... increase the channel between Cairo and Baton Rouge ? General WHEELER . Yes , sir , it will provide a 12 - foot ...
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... increase , if the costs of labor increase , the costs of the project will increase , and as you have correctly stated , that is a part of the picture because in the meantime the value of the improvements is also increasing , so that ...
... increase , if the costs of labor increase , the costs of the project will increase , and as you have correctly stated , that is a part of the picture because in the meantime the value of the improvements is also increasing , so that ...
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... increased costs under those bids have been rather gratifying up to date . It is my view , whatever it is worth , that there can be no increase in wages and there can be no increase in the costs of materials that are not ultimately ...
... increased costs under those bids have been rather gratifying up to date . It is my view , whatever it is worth , that there can be no increase in wages and there can be no increase in the costs of materials that are not ultimately ...
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acre-feet acres additional ALLEN Allentown approved April Army engineers authorized average annual Barren County Bayou Bayou Macon benefits Board of Engineers canal CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers CLASON Clinton River Colonel HERB Colonel SCHEIDENHELM Colonel WEST Congress consideration construction County Covington CRAWFORD cubic feet Desha County district engineer division engineer Engineers for Rivers estimated cost farm feet per second Flood Control Act Flood Control Committee flood damage flood protection flood-control project floodway flow Fredericksburg Gathright glad hearings highway improvement industrial interests Jackson River James River Lake land Lehigh River levee ment Mississippi River MOOMAW Mount Clemens Oakland County percent Potomac River present proposed railroad Rappahannock River recommended Red Run Representatives reservoir rights-of-way River Basin Rivers and Harbors Rossville Salem Church Savage River Secretary square miles statement stream submitted tion tributaries United Valley Vicksburg Virginia Washington watershed WHEELER
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Page 164 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 622 - The practice, pleadings, forms, and modes of proceeding in civil causes, other than equity and admiralty causes in the Circuit and District Courts, shall conform, as near as may be, to the practice, pleadings, and forms and modes of proceeding, existing at the time in like causes in the courts of record of the State, within which such Circuit or District Courts are held, any rule of the court to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 696 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission...
Page 441 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 24 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 173 - ... if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 173 - June 22, 1936, and to supplement the preliminary examinations and surveys which the Secretary of War has heretofore been authorized and directed to make of waterways with a view to the control of their floods, the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys to be made for run-off and water-flow retardation and soilerosion prevention on the watersheds of said waterways, the costs thereof to be paid from appropriations heretofore...
Page 50 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 662 - States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 34 - That hereafter no money appropriated under authority of this Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War...